Daily life in one of the UK's largest wildlife hospitals.
PLEASE HELP US TO HELP BRITAIN'S WILDLIFE
At last, we are being told that we are coming out of recession.
2009 was, financially, a disaster for us, with the reduction in donations forcing us to dip into our very small reserves. We have been left with little to fall back on & nothing left to invest in new equipment, enclosures etc. We have got to pull out all the stops this year to & try our hardest to raise some extra funds.
If you support the work that we do for our wildlife, please would you consider giving a donation towards our running costs of over £20,000 per month. Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank-you.
You can also donate by cheque, made payable to 'Vale Wildlife Hospital' & sent to Station Road, Beckford, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 7AN, or by credit card by ringing the Centre (01386 882288).
Vale Wildlife Hospital & Rehabilitation Centre
Wildlife First Aid Course
Are you interested in learning more about how to look after injured wildlife? Our course, 'Basic Wildlife First Aid & Rehabilitation' is now running regularly on-site in Beckford.
The 2-day course, run over a weekend will benefit you whether you are looking to take up a career in wildlife rehabilitation or you just want to know what to do if you come across an injured wildlife casualty one day.
The cost of the course is £95.
If you want more information or would like to book a place or enquire about future dates for the course please contact Caroline on 01386 882288 or email caroline@valewildlife.org.uk
Vale Wildlife Rescue started in 1984 in a small back garden, which it soon outgrew.
I had no idea at that time just how many wild animals needed help due to problems & injuries caused mainly by us humans.
Today the charity owns 10 acres of land & treats over 4,500 wildlife casualties every year in a purpose-built wildlife hospital run by 12 full-time staff. We are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
We have full veterinary facilities on-site.
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21 July 2009
Still busy
We are well into July, usually our busiest month of the year for casualty numbers and we are certainly very busy with a large number of birds in particular being brought in. Many, many catted fledgling birds and sadly too many coming in much too late for antibiotics to do any good. If a bird has been caught by a cat, even if there are no obvious injuries, they must receive life-saving antibiotic treatment within a few hours otherwise they are very likely to develop blood poisoning.
A very happy ending to one of our stories - the RTA male otter that we have been treating for a week made a full recovery and last Saturday we took him back for release at a fantastic site (pictured) not too far from where he was hit by a car. It was amazing to watch him go and although he was a bit reluctant to leave the carrying box initially, he soon realised that he was home and started exploring one of several pools that he was released into. A very happy ending.
A couple of exotics have been brought in lately by the RSPCA. Firstly, an Asian Water Dragon, a stray found in someones garden and most recently, and probably the most unusual animal we have ever taken in, an American striped skunk!! Despite their reputation she is really cute, only a youngster and she has settled in well. She does smell a bit, but so far she hasn't used her main defence, spraying, and we are hoping she doesn't decide to start!!.
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We are well into July, usually our busiest month of the year for casualty numbers and we are certainly very busy with a large number of birds in particular being brought in. Many, many catted fledgling birds and sadly too many coming in much too late for antibiotics to do any good. If a bird has been caught by a cat, even if there are no obvious injuries, they must receive life-saving antibiotic treatment within a few hours otherwise they are very likely to develop blood poisoning.
A very happy ending to one of our stories - the RTA male otter that we have been treating for a week made a full recovery and last Saturday we took him back for release at a fantastic site (pictured) not too far from where he was hit by a car. It was amazing to watch him go and although he was a bit reluctant to leave the carrying box initially, he soon realised that he was home and started exploring one of several pools that he was released into. A very happy ending.
A couple of exotics have been brought in lately by the RSPCA. Firstly, an Asian Water Dragon, a stray found in someones garden and most recently, and probably the most unusual animal we have ever taken in, an American striped skunk!! Despite their reputation she is really cute, only a youngster and she has settled in well. She does smell a bit, but so far she hasn't used her main defence, spraying, and we are hoping she doesn't decide to start!!.
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